The 10
commandments are not a multiple choice answers to a question.
Administer
true justice; show mercy and compassion to one another. -
- The Holy Bible (Zechariah 7:9)
All
I have seen teaches me to trust the Creator for all I have not
seen. - Emerson
ASAP
There's
work to do, deadlines to meet;
You've got no time to
spare,
But as you hurry and scurry
ASAP - Always Say A
Prayer
In
the midst of family chaos,
Quality time is rare.
Do your
best; let God do the rest
ASAP - Always Say A Prayer
It
may seem like your worries
Are more than you can bear.
Slow
down and take a breather
ASAP - Always Say A Prayer
God
knows how stressful life is;
He wants to ease our cares
And
He'll respond to all your needs
ASAP - Always Say A Prayer
Ask
and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and
the door will be opened to you.
For everyone who asks
receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door
shall be opened. - Matthew 7:7
Attitude
of gratitude
Believe.
No pessimist ever discovered the secrets of the stars, or sailed
to an uncharted land, or opened a new heaven to the human
spirit. -- Helen Keller (1880-1968, American
blind/deaf author, lecturer, speaker, teacher )
Believe,
when you are most unhappy, that there is something for you to do
in the world.
So long as you can sweeten another's pain, life
is not in vain. -- Helen Keller (1880-1968,
American blind/deaf author, lecturer, speaker,
teacher )
The
best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or
even touched. They must be felt with the heart. -
Helen Keller
The best
mathematical equation I have ever seen:
1 cross
+ 3 nails
------------
4
given
The
Bible gives us a list of human stories on both sides of the
ledger. One list of human stories is used as examples -- do what
these people did. Another list of human stories is used as
warnings -- don't do what these people did. So if your story
ever gets in one of these books, make sure they use it as an
example, not a warning. -- Jim Rohn (American
businessman, author, speaker, philosopher)
The
Blessings of life are upon you.
Blessed
are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.
Blessed are they who mourn, for they shall be comforted.
Blessed are they who hunger and thirst for justice, for they
shall be satisfied.
Blessed are the merciful, for they shall
obtain mercy.
Blessed are the clean of heart, for they shall
see God.
Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be
called children of God.
Blessed are they who suffer
persecution for justice' sake, for theirs is the kingdom of
heaven.
-
Matthew 5:5-12
By
this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you love
one another? - John 13:35
Character
builds slowly, but it can be torn down with incredible
swiftness. - Faith Baldwin
Charity
is the spice of riches. -- Jewish Proverb
Continue
to love each other with true brotherly love.
Don't forget to
be kind to strangers, for some who have done this have
entertained angels without realizing it! - Hebrews
13:1
Count
each day as a blessing.
Count
your Blessings instead of sheep
Darkness
cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that.
Hate
cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
- Rev.
Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929-1968, American Black Leader, Nobel
Prize Winner, 1964)
Dream
a Miracle
Be a Miracle
Do a Miracle
Get a Miracle
Every
good gift and every perfect is from above. - James
1:17
Everybody
can be great...because anybody can serve.
You don't have to
have a college degree to serve.
You don't have to make your
subject and verb agree to serve.
You only need a heart full
of grace. A soul generated by love.
- Rev.
Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929-1968, American Black Leader, Nobel
Prize Winner, 1964)
Faith
is not believing that GOD can . . . it's knowing that HE will.
Faith
is the daring of the soul to go farther than it can see. -
William Newton Clark
Faith
is the function of the heart. - -Mahatma Gandhi
(1869-1948, Indian Political and Spiritual Leader)
Faith
is to believe what you do not see; the reward for this faith is
to see what you believe.
- Saint Augustine
Faith
makes a Christian, Life proves a Christian, Trial confirms a
Christian, Death crowns a Christian.
Faith
makes things possible, not always easy.
Find
a penny, pick it up...
As the
Arlene, her husband and her boss were about to enter an
exclusive restaurant that evening, the boss was walking slightly
ahead of Arlene and her husband. He stopped suddenly, looking
down on the pavement for a long, silent moment.
Arlene
wondered if she was supposed to pass him. There was nothing on
the ground except a single darkened penny that someone had
dropped, and a few cigarette butts. Still silent, the man
reached down and picked up the penny.
He
held it up and smiled, then put it in his pocket as if he had
found a great treasure. How absurd! What need did this man have
for a single penny? Why would he even take the time to stop and
pick it up?
He
nearly bubbled..."And if I trust in God, the name of God is
holy, even on a coin. Whenever I find a coin I see that
inscription. It is written on every single United States coin,
but we never seem to notice it! God drops a message right in
front of me telling me to trust Him. Who am I to pass it by?
When I see a coin, I pray, I stop to see if my trust IS in God
at that moment. I pick the coin up as a response to God; that I
do trust in Him. For a short time, at least, I cherish it as if
it were gold. I think it is God's way of starting a conversation
with me. Lucky for me, God is patient and pennies are
plentiful!"
When I
was out shopping today, I found a penny on the sidewalk. I
stopped and picked it up, and realized that I had been worrying
and fretting in my mind about things I cannot change. I read the
words, "In God We Trust," and had to laugh. Yes, God,
I get the message.
It
seems that I have been finding an inordinate number of pennies
in the last few months, but then, pennies are plentiful! And,
God is patient.
Footsteps
In The Sand
One
night a man had a dream. He dreamed he was walking along the
beach with the LORD. Across the sky flashed scenes from his
life. For each scene, he noticed two sets of footprints in the
sand: one belonging to him, and the other to the LORD. When the
last scene of his life flashed before him he looked back, at the
footprints in the sand. He noticed that many times along the
path of his life there was only one set of footprints. He also
noticed that it happened at the very lowest and saddest times of
his life. This really bothered him and he questioned the LORD
about it:
"LORD, you said that once I decided to follow
you, you'd walk with me all the way. But I have noticed that
during the most troublesome times in my life there is only one
set of footprints. I don't understand why when I needed you most
you would leave me."
The LORD replied: "My son, My
precious child, I love you and I would never leave you, During
your times of trial and suffering, when you see only one set of
footprints, it was then that I carried you."
-
Author unknown
For
HE is always there behind you, beside you and before you.
For
we walk by faith, not by sight. - 2 Corinthians
5:7
For
whatever reason, God has blessed me with this ability
and
put me in a position to make these leaps and bounds.
I'm
fulfilling my part of the bargain, which is to give back
and
be a positive influence on others. That's all you can do;
take
what you've been given and spread it around.
- Denzel
Washington (b.1954 American Academy Award Winning Actor)
Forgiveness
does not change the past, but it does enlarge the future. - Paul
Boese
Gather,
Unite, Pray, Come Together (The battle cry for
prayer in school program)
God
didn't call them the 10 suggestions!!
God,
walking beside me to help and to guide me.
God's
door is always open.
God
has said, "Never will I leave you never will I forsake
you.” - Hebrews 13:5 NIV
God
hears our prayers and answers our needs.
God
is the friend of silence. Trees, flowers, grass grow in silence.
See the stars, moon, and sun how they move in silence.
-
Mother Teresa (1910-1997, Albanian-born Roman
Catholic Missionary)
God
sends his love ... on angels wings.
God
spreads his love one hug at a time.
A
Harvest of Memories, A Day of Thanks
He's
got the whole world in His hands. (globe with many
colors of hands holding it – also seen with yellow or gold
cross in background w/o sun bursts coming off the cross)
His
word is true, His promise kept, and His love is unending.
A
home has love when God's there.
Hope
and hope does not disappoint because the love of God has been
poured out into our hearts through the hope spirit that has been
given to us. -- Roman 5:5
Hope
and prayer are powerful. I am the Light of the world, he who
follows Me shall not walk in the darkness, but shall have the
light of life. --- John 8:12
I
am the resurrection, the Way, the Truth, the Life. My words will
never pass away, and love will never die. - Ian
White, “Sometimes” (lyrics)
I
believe in the Sun even when it's not shining.
I believe in
Love even when I don't feel it.
I believe in God even when
he is silent.
I
can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. -
Philippians 4:13
I
know God won't give me anything I can't handle
I just wish
he didn't trust me so much.
I
practice random acts of kindness every chance I get.
If
you planted hope today in any hopeless heart,
If someone's
burden was lighter because you did your part,
If you caused a
laugh that chased a tear away,
If tonight your name is
mentioned when someone kneels to pray,
Then your day was well
spent.
If
you woke up this morning with more health than illness, you are
more blessed than the million who won't survive the week.
If
you have never experienced the danger of battle, the loneliness
of imprisonment, the agony of torture or the pangs of
starvation, you are ahead of 20 million people around the world.
If you attend a church meeting without fear of harassment,
arrest, torture, or death, you are more blessed than almost
three billion people in the world.
If you have food in your
refrigerator, clothes on your back, a roof over your head and a
place to sleep, you are richer than 75% of this world.
If
you have money in the bank, in your wallet, and spare change in
a dish someplace, you are among the top 8% of the world's
wealthy.
If your parents are still married and alive, you
are very rare, especially in the United States.
If you hold
up your head with a smile on your face and are truly thankful,
you are blessed because the majority can, but most do not.
If
you can hold someone's hand, hug them or even touch them on the
shoulder, you are blessed because you can offer God's healing
touch.
If you can read this message, you are more blessed
than over two billion people in the world that cannot read
anything at all.
You are so blessed in ways you may never
even know.
Imagine
Ask Believe Receive
In
God’s eyes, how much you make, how much you have, and how much
you do is irrelevant. In God’s eyes, who you are and what you
are worth begins and ends with your intentions, your pure
thoughts, your acts of kindness, and your love for all. In God’s
eyes, what you do for yourself pales in comparison to what you
do for others. In God’s eyes, your entire being consists of
your heart, your head, your hands, and how you use each to show
love for others. So, the question of the morning: Are you living
your life in God’s eyes?
In
my Father's House are many rooms... I am going there to prepare
a place for you And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will
come back and take you to be with me... - John
14:2-3 NIV
The
individual is capable of both great compassion and great
indifference. He has it within his means to nourish the former
and outgrow the latter. -- Norman Cousins
(1915-1990, American editor, humanitarian, author)
It
doesn't matter where you are going in life -- It's who is beside
you along the way that makes your life work.
It
is for us to pray not for tasks equal to our powers, but for
powers equal to our tasks, to go forward with a great desire
forever beating at the door of our hearts as we travel toward
our distant goal. - Helen Keller (1880-1968,
American Blind/Deaf Author, Lecturer, Teacher)
It
is wonderful how much time good people spend fighting the devil.
If they would only expend the same amount of energy loving their
fellow men, the devil would die in his own tracks of ennui.
--Helen Keller (1880-1968, American Blind/Deaf
Author, Lecturer, teacher)
Just
as a sunbeam can't separate itself from the sun and a wave can't
separate itself from the ocean; we can't separate ourselves from
one another. We are all part of a vast sea of love one
indivisible divine mind. --- Marianne Williamson
(1952-, American Author, Lecturer on Spirituality)
Justice
is when we get what we deserve.
Mercy is when we don't get
what we deserve.
But grace is when we get what we don't
deserve.
Life
can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forward.
- Soren Kierkegaard
Let
the Power of God enfold you.
Let
there be Peace on Earth and let it begin with me.
Let there
be Peace on Earth the Peace that was meant to be.
As God as
our Father ... Brothers all are we. (Family all are we)
Let
me walk with my Brother in perfect harmony. (Let us walk with
each other in perfect harmony)
Let Peace begin with me,
let this be the moment now.
With every step I take let this
be my solemn vow.
To take each moment and live each moment
in peace eternally.
Let there be Peace on Earth and let it
begin with me.
--Written
by Sy Miller and Jill Jackson -1955
Life
is fragile, Handle with Prayer
Little
acts of kindness little acts of love bring us just a bit of
heaven from above
The
Lord's Prayer:
Our
Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
Thy
kingdom come, Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our
debts, as we forgive our debtors.
And lead us not into
temptation, but deliver us from evil:
For thine is the
kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.
-
Matthew 6:9-13
The
Lord is close to all who call on Him. Yes, to all who call on
Him sincerely.
The
Lord is close to the broken hearted...and saves those who are
crushed in spirit. -- Psalm 34:18 NIV
The
LORD Is My Shepherd, I shall not want.
He maketh me to
lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still
waters.
He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of
righteousness for his name's sake.
Yea, though I walk
through the valley of the shadow of death,
I will fear no
evil: for thou art with me;
thy rod and thy staff they
comfort me.
Thou preparest a table before me in the presence
of mine enemies:
thou anointest my head with oil; my cup
runneth over.
Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all
the days of my life:
and I will dwell in the house of the
LORD for ever.
-- A psalm of David.
Psalm 23 KJV
The
Lord is near to all who call Him... Psalm 145:18
NIV
Love
is patient; love is kind; love is not envious or boastful or
arrogant or rude.
It
does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or
resentful;
it
does not rejoice in wrong doing, but rejoices in the truth.
It
bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures
all things. - Corinthians
13:4-7
May
all that you do be done in Love.
May
I have
God's strength to direct me,
God's power to sustain
me,
God's wisdom to guide me,
and God's vision to light my
way. St. Patrick's Prayer
May
the God of all comfort
Give you special tender care
May
he draw you close beside him,
And hear your loving prayer.
May today
there be peace within. May you trust God that you are exactly
where you are meant to be.
May you not forget the infinite
possibilities that are born of faith.
May you use those
gifts that you have received, and pass on the love that has been
given to you.
May you be content knowing you are a child of
God.
Let His presence settle into your bones, and allow your
soul the freedom to sing, dance, praise and love.
It is
there for each and every one of us.
Miracles
do happen.
My
Lord is my strength and my song.
My
Soul rejoices in God.
No
snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible, but they are
involved all the same. - Stanislaus Lezczynski
Nobody said
life would be easy, they just promised it would be worth
it.
Nothing
that I can do will change the structure of the universe.
But
maybe, by raising my voice I can help the greatest of all causes
-- goodwill among men and peace on earth. - Albert
Einstein
One
man gives freely, yet grows all the richer, another withholds
what he should give, and only suffers want. - Proverbs
11:24
The
only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to
do nothing. - Edmund Burke (1729-1797 lawyer,
writer, leader in England's parliament-)
Only
two defining forces have ever offered to die for you,
Jesus
Christ and the American Soldier
One died for your soul;
the other for your freedom.
Our
Purpose should always be: To gather, to grow, to get involved,
and to go forth to glorify God.
Passing
the seeker as he prayed, came the crippled and the beggar and
the beaten.
And seeing them... he cried, "Great God,
how is it that a loving creator can see such things and yet do
nothing about them?"
God said, "I did do
something. I gave them you.”
Pray
about everything Worry about nothing!
Prayers
go up ... Blessings come down
...take
the road less traveled. -- Robert Frost (poet The
Road Not Taken)
...so
faith, hope, love remain, these three; but the greatest of these
is love. -- 1 Corinthians 13:13
Soothe
your Soul
The
spiritual journey is individual, highly personal. It can't be
organized or regulated. It isn't true that everybody should
follow one path. Listen to your own truth. -- Ram
Dass (American Spiritual Author, Lecturer)
Taking
the same path to God
This
little heart of mine, I'm gonna let it shine.
There
are many paths to God; make sure your on one of them!!
There
are only two ways to live your life. One as though nothing is a
miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.
-- Albert Einstein (1879-1955, German-born American
Physicist)
There
is no set path to God; just follow your heart.
They
may see the good you do as self serving, Continue to do
good.
They may see your generosity as grandstanding, Continue
to be generous.
They may see your warmth and caring nature as
a weakness, Continue to be warm and caring.
For you see in
the end, it was never between you and them; it is between you
and God.
Times
like this remind us of all that matters most in life ... And we
realize the things that matter most aren't really "things"
at all.
To
every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under
the heaven:
A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to
plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;
A time
to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to
build up;
A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to
mourn, and a time to dance;
A time to cast away stones, and a
time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to
refrain from embracing;
A time to get, and a time to lose; a
time to keep, and a time to cast away;
A time to rend, and a
time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
A
time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of
peace.
-- Ecclesiastes III 3:1-8 (KJV)(The
piece was set to music in 1952 by Pete Seeger in his song
'Turn!, Turn!, Turn!')
To
handle yourself, use your head; to handle others, use your
heart.
A
tree is known by its fruit; a man by his deeds. A good deed is
never lost; he who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who
plants kindness gathers love. - St. Basil (329-379,
Bishop of Caesarea)
Trust
in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own
understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him,
and He will
make your paths straight. -Proverbs 3:56 (NIV)
A
true test of humility is whether you can say grace before eating
crow.
What
therefore GOD hath join together, Let not man put asunder - Mark
10:9
We
do not need more national development, we need more spiritual
development.
We do not need more intellectual power, we need
more spiritual power.
We do not need more knowledge, we need
more character.
We do not need more law, we need more
religion.
We do not need more of the things that are seen,
We need more of the things that are unseen.
-
John Calvin Coolidge
We
gather Together to ask the Lords Blessing
We
love because He first loved us. - John 4:19
A
well-read Bible is the sign of a well-fed soul.
We
walk by faith, and not by sight;
No gracious words we hear
Oh him who spoke as none e'er spoke,
But we believe him
near
We may not touch his hands and side,
Nor follow
where he trod;
Yet in his promise we rejoice,
And cry,
"My Lord and God!"
Help then, O Lord our
unbelief,
And may our faith abound;
To call on you when
you are near,
And seek where you are found.
That
when our life of faith is done
in realms of clearer light
We may behold you as you are
In full and endless sight.
We walk by faith, and not by sight;
No gracious
words we hear.
Of him who spoke as none e'er spoke,
But
we believe him near.
-
The Oxford Press
When
all else fails... read the instruction book --GOD
When
in doubt ... pray/look up.
When
Love speaks, the voice of all the gods makes heaven drowsy with
the harmony. -- William Shakespeare (1564-1616,
British Poet, Playwright, Actor)
When
you flee temptation, leave no forwarding address.
Where
ever you are, GOD is.
Where
there is great love, there are always miracles
Where
two or three come together in my name, there am I with them. -
Matthew 18:20 (prayer meeting or other
gathering)
With
GOD all things are possible. - Matthew 19:26
With
1000 wives Solomon had a lot to sing about.
You'll
always be there, in love and in prayer.
Your
in my thoughts and prayers
Your
kindness has touched my heart.
Your
life has been a lesson in love. Because of all the love you
share and the caring things you do.
It teaches us to reach
out and help, to fix what is broken.
With love alone you
have changed my life and for that I'm truly grateful.
-from
your son
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